The Dragon Prince panel at San Diego Comic-Con featured plenty of juicy information about the future of the fantasy series, both in terms of the animated Netflix show and new books that will expand upon the lore. In short, creators Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond have big plans for
The Dragon Prince.
Kicking off the panel, it was revealed that there are plans for four more seasons of
The Dragon Prince after season 3, which is subtitled "Sun." In their seven-season plan, each book represents one season; books 1-3 are Moon, Sky, Sun while book 4 is Earth. Books 5 thorugh 7 were not revealed.
Additionally, some new key art for Season 3 was revealed, featuring Soul Regan towering above a cloaked figure.
The synopsis from Netflix and Wonderstorm for the third season teases:
"Season 3 finds Rayla and Callum finally at the cusp of entering Xadia, while young Ezran returns home to take his place on the throne. Meanwhile, Lord Viren begins to realize the influence and power of his new ally – the mysterious Startouch elf, Aaravos. As several storylines unfold in big ways, this season will be massively epic."
It was also revealed that new books will be published in collaboration with Scholastic that'll deepen the lore of
The Dragon Prince.The deal includes a guidebook, graphic novels, and a core book that tells the story of the saga “but can go deeper," according to Ehasz.
Ehasz and Richmond gave fans a pretty in-depth look at just how deep the lore can go by
revealing a timeline of Xadia that goes all the way back to 5,000 years ago when the land was in its "mythical, Biblical first days."
Closing things out, fans were given an exclusive look ta the third season. Here's what was shown (via Polygon):
The clip was a flashback, opening with Sol Regem, the sun dragon, soaring over the open water. He lands on a mountain and meets Ziard, a dark mage. ”I smell death,” the dragon tells the human, before asking him kindly to give up on dark magic. Ziard pushes back: dark magic is what brought humans out of the age of starvation, helped them grow beyond being lesser beings
“YOU ARE LESSER BEINGS,” the dragon snaps
The dragon threatens to destroy the city of Elarium if the human doesn’t give up dark magic. He takes flight, and the human shoots a spiral of purple smoke into the sky, channeling dark magic. He drains the life of a flock of birds. The dragon wheels around to take care of this problem. They shoot twin fireballs at each other. The human appears to be vaporized. The dragon crashes into the sea. And that’s that.
The Dragon Prince Season 3 does not yet have a premiere date, but was said to be "coming soon" to Netflix back in March. There was only a five-month wait period between the premiere of The Dragon Prince Season 1 (September 2018) and Season 2 (February 2019), so it's possible that Season 3 could arrive before the end of the year - perhaps this fall.